Google says a half-dozen laptop makers now support its Chromebook platform and are rolling out new computers based on Google's cloud-based Chrome operating system.

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The company teamed up with Intel at the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco to announce new Chromebook models from two PC manufacturers that were already in the fold - Hewlett-Packard and Acer - as well as two new Chromebook entrants, Asus and Toshiba.

Google says a half-dozen of the top PC makers now support the Chromebook platform, basically laptops built around Google's cloud-based Chrome operating system. The latest hardware will feature Intel's "Haswell" chip, which consume less power to improve battery life by, the company ...